Pedro Domingos predicts Backprop alone will not reach general AI
Pedro Domingos · Fireside Chat: Pedro Domingos, Head of Machine Learning, DE Shaw (FirstMark's Data Driven NYC) · Oct 22, 2019 · at 14:09
Pedro Domingos, author of The Master Algorithm and Head of Machine Learning at DE Shaw, responds to deep learning optimists who believe scaling backpropagation with more data and GPUs will solve AI.
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“I actually do not believe that that's the case. I think Backprop will not get us there.”
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